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Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa are both keen to add quality in the transfer market this summer, though it’s been suggested the former could pinch a player off the latter.

Both Tottenham and Villa are deep into pre-season preparations, gearing up for what promises to be a pivotal Premier League campaign.

Spurs, under new manager Thomas Frank, are making key moves to reshape their squad, with attention on reshaping the squad in his image.

Richarlison is expected to be among those set to depart, while efforts to sign West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus continue despite his hefty £85 million release clause.

Villa, meanwhile, are expected to be active this summer despite a quiet start. With Alex Moreno linked to Leeds and speculation around Ollie Watkins, Philippe Coutinho, and Emi Martinez’s futures, the Villans are planning to refresh the squad.

Names like Anthony Elanga, Ademola Lookman, and Marcin Bulka are just a selection of names flying around the rumour mill.

Amid all this, Tottenham have emerged as serious suitors for Villa’s Jacob Ramsey.

According to former scout Mick Brown, speaking to Football Insider, the 24-year-old may be keen on a move to Spurs, eager for regular starting minutes that he feels he might not get at Villa.

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“In his own mind, he’ll weigh up whether he thinks he’s going to be a regular in the Villa team,” Brown said.

“If that’s not the case, he has to ask the same question about whether he would be at Tottenham.

“From what I hear, Spurs would be prepared to offer him more minutes from the start of games than he is currently getting at Villa.

“If that is the case, I’m sure he would be happy to make that move.

“He’s had doubts about whether he’s going to be a regular starting XI player at Villa, or if he’s going to be better served moving somewhere else.

“So a move to Tottenham would be a fresh start and a new environment for him.

“There have been a few questions about what his future at Villa might look like, because the manager isn’t certain he’s going to be a big part of the plans.

“That opens the door for Spurs, because Thomas Frank rates him and he’s one they’ve been interested in for a while.”

Ramsey joined Villa’s academy at the age of six and quickly made his debut after turning professional in 2019.

Injuries have hampered his development at times, but that didn’t prevent him from registering 31 goal involvements across 167 appearances.

Tottenham have had a second bid rejected for West Ham star Mohammed Kudus, and here come Chelsea…

Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso have made their loan moves permanent to sign for Spurs in respective £30m and £21m transfers, while Luka Vuskovic has joined for £9.5m from Hajduk Split, but Thomas Frank is yet to make one of his own additions having replaced Ange Postecoglou.

They were linked with Bryan Mbeumo but he wants to join Manchester United and is nearing a move to Old Trafford as the Red Devils prepare a third bid for the 25-year-old.

And Frank now reportedly has his heart set on Kudus, with both the player and West Ham said to be open to his exit this summer, but Spurs have fallen short of the Hammers’ demands, according to TBR Football.

The Spurs bid, which was ‘logged earlier this week’, was for a fixed fee of £50m plus £5m in add-ons after their initial £50m offer was rejected last month.

The report adds:

‘West Ham United decided to reject the latest offer and are standing firm over their asking price, adamant that any accepted offer must at least start with a six.

‘The Hammers want around £65 million for Kudus and feel they are being quite reasonable, given his £84 million release clause at the London Stadium.’

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Chelsea have also been linked with Kudus despite already completing the signings of Liam Delap from Ipswich for £30m and Brighton’s Joao Pedro from under Newcastle’s nose for £55m, while also nearing the addition of Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund, also for £55m.

And West Ham’s hope that the Blues may enter a ‘bidding war’ is well founded, according to Hammers insiders Claret and Hugh.

The club chiefs don’t want to retain a player who doesn’t want to be there but want multiple clubs to be in for Kudus to increase his transfer fee.

The report states:

‘Of course with just one bidder, any negotiations are tough for the seller who has no second option if the first won’t play ball on the price sought.

‘However it is still clearly in West Ham’s negotiating team’s mind that Chelsea will rouse themselves and place a better bid on the table for the winger, strengthening the Hammers’ bargaining position and forcing the price up.

‘The fear was that with Chelsea signing Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund for £55 million, their intent would vanish for Kudus. However that is reportedly far from the truth. Sources at the club are very confident that Chelsea will re-enter the bidding.’

Chelsea.news adds that the Blues are positioning themselves ‘to blow Tottenham out of the water for Kudus’ signature’ as they listen to offers for Noni Madueke, who’s attracting serious interest from Arsenal.

Spanish side Atletico Madrid have increased their offer for Tottenham defender Cristian Romero as they get near Spurs’ asking price, according to reports.

The north London club have completed three deals so far this summer with Luka Vuskovic joining from Hajduk Split, while Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel have completed permanent moves after successful loan spells.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is currently the only player Tottenham have sold this summer with the Denmark international moving to Marseille, while Fraser Forster and Sergio Reguilon left on free transfers.

Tottenham are in a good position to hang onto some of its best players because of Champions League qualification, despite their horrific 17th-placed finish last season.

One player who has been linked with a move away from north London in recent seasons is Romero with the Argentina international admired by Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid.

Confirming interest from Atletico last month, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano predicted that Tottenham would hold onto Romero for at least another season.

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Romano said: “Atletico Madrid loves the player, so they would love to bring the player to the club one day. Simeone is also a big fan.

“From what I understand, with Tottenham in the Champions League and a new project now with Thomas Frank, I don’t see Tottenham losing a leader like Cuti Romero this summer.

“It will be very difficult to get the player in this summer transfer window, Daniel Levy wants to keep the player at the club. From what I’m hearing, Thomas Frank sees Cuti Romero as a crucial part of the squad from a technical perspective but also as a leader.”

However, Atletico Madrid’s interest is serious and Spanish website Fichajes insists that the Spanish side are ‘very close to paying’ Spurs’ asking price for Romero.

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The Atletico board are ‘determined to fulfill one of Diego Simeone’s biggest desires’ by signing Romero this summer and the Argentina international is their ‘main target to bolster its defence’.

Atletico Madrid ‘has significantly increased its initial offer and is now considering reaching a figure close to 70 million euros, including the fixed fee (which would be around 55 million) and a series of variables that would complete the amount demanded by Spurs’.

Tottenham ‘does not want to let the defender leave for less than that amount, although the fact that the player has a contract until 2027 adds complexity to the deal’.

Atletico remain ‘positive’ on their chances of landing Romero and Simeone ‘has been in contact with the player for months’ as he attempts to persuade him to move to Spain.

It’s advantage Spurs in north London with one Arsenal star ‘jealous’ and yet another ‘blow’ in the interminable Viktor Gyokeres saga.

Bitter rivals

One of the weirdest tropes of tabloid football journalism is the bizarre insistence on pretending that it’s impossible to imagine footballers at rival clubs being friends.

Even in today’s world of toxic fandom it makes no sense on any level. Nobody, for instance, expects Spurs fans to have no Arsenal-supporting friends. Because that would be nutty.

Yet the players themselves, with their obvious shared experiences and potential for similar lifestyles while living in similar locations and even – as in today’s example – being international team-mates, are expected to shun each other based purely on which team they play for.

It really doesn’t make any sense at all on any level, and today’s entry from The Sun is a notably odd one.

Inside jet-setting England star Dominic Solanke’s honeymoon with wife Erica that even Arsenal rival can’t help but like

It really shouldn’t need explaining to the actual adult who wrote that, but Arsenal players don’t automatically hate Spurs players. Apart from Jack Wilshere, and even that was mainly just Erik Lamela.

But this is also a rare case of the actual copy proving even weirder than the headline. Because when we get into it, Declan Rice – for it is he – is way beyond ‘can’t help but like’ Solanke’s happy news. He is in a jealous rage. Truly, north London is white and this proves it.

The incredible pictures even left one Arsenal rival jealous, with Declan Rice liking both posts.

Why’s he jealous? What on earth is that based on? Look we get that social media is toxic as all hell, so the passive-aggressive hate-like cannot be ruled out.

But on balance is it not perhaps slightly more likely that the 27-year-old Premier League footballer from England who’s based in London and the 26-year-old Premier League footballer who’s based in London just happen to be mates?

And even if football does colour absolutely everything about their existence, they were also in the same England squad less than four months ago. They are literally team-mates. But no, this must be another front in the North London Rivalry. Any doubt over whether Spurs or Arsenal had the better 24/25 season have now been put firmly to bed.

What Sup

Mediawatch is painfully aware of how carefully it must tread here lest our beautiful glass house be destroyed by all these massive great rocks we’re yeeting around, but we do always enjoy a chuckle at the self-indulgent way in which journalists cover stories about other journalists.

There is an entire absence of self-awareness here. Not so much a refusal to accept that normal people just don’t give a shiny sh*te but more an unwillingness even to consider the notion.

We saw it recently with the mournful tone in which the loss of ‘household names’ from Sky Sports News was reported. It’s sad when anyone loses their job, of course, but the idea that anyone outside this insular little world would care more about someone who reads out transfer rumours than, say, a steelworker is very odd.

Today brings happier news for journos talking about journos, though, with the revelation that Sky Sports are going to bring back Sunday Supplement five years after it was axed.

Mediawatch was very much of the view that the Supplement’s penchant for navel-gazing circle-jerkery meant it was far better suited to its more recent home as a podcast that we can cheerfully forget exists but no, apparently it is returning to our screens.

The collective shrug of the shoulders from the general public is matched by the cheers of excitement for the journo-class for whom this news knocks Gyokeres-to-Arsenal into a cocked hat.

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That’s the Mail’s headline on a story given higher billing on its football homepage than the latest on Gyokeres or Harvey Elliott or Marcus Rashford. Mediawatch is, as ever, open to accusations of hypocrisy here but while yesterday we did reach something of a breaking point with transfer boosts and blows we do at least accept that people are interested in those updates.

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The Sun go with this, and are we just too cynical now about how headlines are used to deceive in believing there might be a deliberate attempt to hint that the returning show is Soccer AM rather than the Sunday Supplement? It does mean crediting tabloid journalists with a level of self-awareness that makes us slightly uncomfortable.

Blow over

Mediawatch dealt – at punishing, exhaustive and exhausting length – yesterday with the non-stop rollercoaster of transfer boosts and blows.

With today’s reports suggesting a pretty major breakthrough and increased likelihood of Viktor Gyokeres joining Arsenal and us all being able to get on with our lives without worrying about the multiple daily updates, this Daily Express report from yesterday afternoon has already aged like milk.

Man Utd and Arsenal suffer Viktor Gyokeres blow as Sporting ‘accept transfer bid’

Now ‘transfer rumour update that ages like milk’ is not something Mediawatch always bothers with – we’d never have time for anything else if we did. And we’d have to have a few uncomfortable conversations with colleagues.

So why single out this one? Because it is egregious ‘as’-based bollocks even by the standards of the day.

The transfer bid Sporting had accepted that represented such a blow to Man Utd and Arsenal hopes?

A £47m bid from Crystal Palace for Ousmane Diomande. Because:

The centre-back’s switch to Selhurst Park would relieve the pressure to sell star forward Gyokeres on the cheap.

What pressure? Sporting have never had any intention of selling Gyokeres ‘on the cheap’ and have two of the biggest clubs in England on the hook. But yes, this Diomande deal is a real blow.

West Ham star Mohammed Kudus has told Liverpool that he is willing to reduce his salary demands to join amid interest from Tottenham and Newcastle, according to reports.

The Reds have flown out of the blocks in the summer transfer window with five deals secured before July, as the Liverpool board put their full weight behind Arne Slot.

Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz have all joined in high profile deals, while they have also added Armin Pecsi and Freddie Woodman to their goalkeeping ranks.

But they are not done there with Slot keen to add a centre-back to provide competition to Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate, with Jarell Quansah closing in on a move to Bayer Leverkusen.

And Liverpool are also keen to improve their attacking options with Matt Thielen, who is the editor-in-chief of LFC Transfer Room, insisting that West Ham star Kudus would be prepared to reduce his salary in order to join the Reds this summer.

Thielen wrote on X: ‘Mohammed Kudus’s agent has informed Liverpool that the player would be open to accepting a reduced salary should the club express interest in securing his services amid interest from Tottenham & Chelsea.’

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A report on Tuesday insisted that £60m could be enough to get a deal done for Kudus this summer despite the Ghana international having a £85m release clause in his contract.

The Guardian said that West Ham’s worries about the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules ‘could lead them to sell Kudus to Tottenham if they offer enough for the attacker’.

While a separate report claims that Newcastle United are ‘willing to submit a €58 million (£50m) summer offer’ for Kudus with Eddie Howe ‘desperate to bolster his first-team squad’.

Quansah, who is set to join Leverkusen for around £35m, has impressed as England won the European Under-21s Championship last week and former Premier League goalkeeper Ben Foster reckons Liverpool should keep him.

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Foster said on his podcast: “In the final he was brilliant… Whenever he had any space in front of him, he would just exploit it. With the ball at his feet he is so comfortable, and he’s such a big lad as well.

“He would just run into the space in front of him, which causes absolute mayhem for the opposition as, at some point, someone in the midfield has to go into there. That creates a gap behind them and it’s carnage; it’s horrible.”

Foster added: “I’m thinking, £35m? If I’m Liverpool, I almost want to cancel this last second and go ‘You know what, I know you might not play every game this season, but you’ll definitely play a big chunk’.

“Honestly he will. Konate’s not going to play the whole season but I think he [Quansah] can fill in incredibly well. I think he’s the future of Liverpool, or he would’ve been the future of Liverpool. Leverkusen will be buzzing to get him through the door.”

Newcastle United are ready to make an offer to sign West Ham star Mohammed Kudus ahead of Tottenham this summer, according to reports.

The Magpies are yet to make a signing for the first team this summer with Eddie Howe’s side aiming to improve their attack and other areas of their squad.

Newcastle have shown interest in Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, Liam Delap and Joao Pedro with all of them apart from Mbeumo – who is set to join Man Utd – moving to other clubs.

Despite reportedly closing in on a deal to sign Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford, things have been moving slowly and Howe insisted before the transfer window opened that he wanted early deals.

Howe said: “Speed is key for us, which I’ve reiterated many times internally. Speed is key because we have to be dynamic, we have to be ready to conclude things very quickly, because good players don’t hang around for long.

“That is what we will be trying, but the reality is it is not always in your hands. We will be doing our best to do things early.”

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But they could accelerate a few deals soon with Football Transfers claiming that Newcastle are ‘willing to submit a €58 million (£50m) summer offer’ for West Ham’s Kudus.

Howe has identified Kudus as a player he likes with the Newcastle boss ‘desperate to bolster his first-team squad with the addition of a new right winger’.

As well as Newcastle, it is claimed that Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea ‘are all interested in signing Kudus’ and is ‘seen as an ideal candidate to improve Newcastle’s attacking depth’.

The report adds that the Geordies ‘have sounded out Liverpool star Harvey Elliott as an alternative to Kudus as he continues to be linked with an Anfield exit’.

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Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher revealed recently that he was disappointed with some of Kudus’ performances this season but is clearly “a quality player”.

Carragher said in May: “There’s no doubt he’s (Kudus) a quality player who should be playing for a team, I would say, that is closer to the top of the table than near the bottom right now.

“But probably one of the reasons why West Ham are where they are this season is because he hasn’t shown the form that he showed last season.

“Last season he looked fantastic (but) he just hasn’t looked the same player this season.

“So I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a change there in some way because West Ham need the money but other clubs might think this is just an off season for him’ and last season was the real Kudus.

“And if they can get that player then maybe it’s a good signing. So it might be the type of situation where it maybe works for (all parties).”

Manchester United have called Villa about Ollie Watkins, while Tottenham reckon there’s a deal to be done for one of West Ham’s best players…

With so much transfer talk doing the rounds, we’re here through the summer to sift through the bullsh*t and highlight the whispers that might have some substance.

Each day we’re ranking the top 20 rumours involving Premier League clubs, the higher the link, the more likely we feel they are to become done deals.

So we start with the tittle-tattle…

From BILD, Arsenal have joined the race for the France striker, which suits Eintracht Frankfurt just fine. While they’re insisting on £85million, they need the market to look as busy as they can make it appear. And it does Arsenal no harm while they continue to barter with other clubs over other strikers.

United are focused on Mbeumo right now and, apparently, multi-tasking is beyond the Old Trafford execs. They have, though, managed to pick up the phone to Villa to initiate a conversation about Watkins while they suss out their striker options. Most of which depend on selling their wantaway stars. A Watkins-Marcus Rashford swap seems awfully convenient for all concerned…

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With a year left on his contract and a renewal unlikely, Palace are willing to cash in on their captain – but Liverpool won’t pay the £50million or so the Eagles are demanding. Currently, we are at stalemate. Liverpool don’t seem twitchy yet, but they are keeping the lines of communication open.

Spurs have apparently cooled their interest in Eberechi Eze to prioritise a move for Kudus, who has an £85million clause active for the first 10 days of July. But the feeling is West Ham would be open to offers in the region of £60million since they need to generate whatever they wish to spend this summer.

Newcastle failed with an opening £45m offer for Elanga, with Forest apparently looking for £60million. Newcastle have sought to compromise but they aren’t making many inroads. Elanga might have to force the issue if he wants the move.

The story goes that Gyokeres has told United he’s up for joining them now Arsenal seem to be veering in Sesko’s direction. If you think you’ve heard that before, it’s because you have. But United could become the Swede’s most viable option for a big move this summer. Once the Red Devils sell the players that almost no one wants to buy. For now, though, we’d still make Arsenal favourites… just.

Even if Sesko is the man most wanted at Arsenal, the Gunners see an opportunity to get more bang for their buck with Gyokeres. The Swede has made it abundantly clear that he wants to leave Sporting, going as far as telling them he won’t report for pre-season training next week. So time is of the essence for Gyokeres but Arsenal are working to their own timetable even if Mikel Arteta wants a new striker to be boarding the plane for the pre-season tour on July 19.

Arsenal had one bid rejected for the 2024 Golden Boy-shortlisted defender but they remain in talks with Valencia. Something over £17million ought to do the trick since Mosquera is out of contract in a year.

Liverpool need rid of Nunez if they are to create room in their squad and budget for another forward. Napoli want to take him, but not on Liverpool’s terms, which start at around £55million. Frankly, that’s a nonsense fee, but Liverpool have cast spells in the market this summer. Regardless, Napoli want some clarity on the matter in the coming days before they move for a much cheaper alternative. We can see this happening, probably with big add-ons.

This has been going on for over a year but Newcastle seem more intent to land the Clarets keeper than last summer. Trafford wants the move and Newcastle have offered Burnley £25million plus add-ons. They have already secured a keeper of their own but we expect they’ll squeeze Newcastle a bit more here.

Arsenal are still refusing to pick a lane. The momentum swung with Sesko, then Gyokeres, now it seems the Slovenian is back in the running. Indeed, some reports suggest Sesko is the preferred option among the big-hitters at Arsenal but Leipzig aren’t willing to roll over and have their bellies tickled. Honestly, we don’t know.

It’s widely reported that Arsenal met with Eze’s representatives over the weekend. The next call ought to be to Palace, who will tell the Gunners they expect Eze’s £67.5million release clause to be paid in full. Quite right too.

United had their second offer rejected by Brentford but that isn’t likely to be the end of it. The Bees turned their noses up at £55million plus £7.5million in add-ons, insisting on the total amount up front. United don’t want to be screwed for the 427th time but the gap appears small enough to be bridged, especially since Mbeumo has told Brentford he only wants United.

City have agreed a £12.5million deal for the 18-year-old attacking midfielder and a medical was scheduled for almost a fortnight ago, but we’ve heard nothing since while City are in the United States for a nonsense tournament.

Nice and easy, this, because of the £5million clause in his Chelsea contract. A reminder: he joined them for £72million and remains the world’s most-expensive goalkeeper. Apparently, Kepa has done his medical and put pen to paper on a deal that should give David Raya the heebie-jeebies.

A fee has finally been agreed. It’s not confirmed how much Chelsea will pay for Gittens but it should be between £45-50m. After Fabrice Hawkins broke the news, Fabrizio Romano gave it the Here We Go.

A £34million deal has been agreed – that’s decent money for a back-up centre-back – and Quansah is now in Germany to get it all done.

This one moved fast over the weekend, when Newcastle and Chelsea both had bids rejected before the Blues went back with something more acceptable to the Seagulls. Apparently, the Brazilian will undergo a medical in the the United States before joining Enzo Maresca’s Club World Cup squad. He could make his debut on Friday against Palmeiras in Philly.

We thought Brentford might attempt to squeeze more out of Arsenal after their initial bid but it seems £10million plus add-ons has done the trick. The Bees say they expect this to go through and their skipper will go with their best wishes.

This one got the ‘Here we go’ treatment back in May but still we’re waiting for confirmation. Apparently, Zubimendi was due in London a week ago to complete his move, but Arsenal won’t be rushed this summer. This week, surely…

at long last, the midfielder was in London a week ago to sign for Arsenal for £51million. Actually, he’s been there since Monday so we expected an unveiling by now, but we may have to wait for next week.

According to reports, one Tottenham Hotspur transfer has been given a ‘green light’, while they have learned West Ham’s asking price for Mohammed Kudus.

Spurs have already spent around £60m on summer signings as they prepare for their Champions League return, but they still have loads to do after finishing 17th in the Premier League in 2024/25.

Tottenham salvaged a major positive from an otherwise disastrous campaign by winning the Europa League to secure Champions League football, but this was not enough to save former head coach Ange Postecoglou.

The former Celtic boss has been dismissed and replaced by Thomas Frank, who has finally taken the step to join a Big Six club after being one of the longest-serving managers in the Football League via his prolonged stint at Brentford.

Recent reports have indicated that one of their summer priorities is to sign an attacking midfielder, with Eberechi Eze and Kudus linked with Spurs.

Eze was initially mooted as their top target, but they appear to have turned to Kudus amid Arsenal’s interest in the Crystal Palace standout.

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Now, The Guardian claims Kudus could be available for a cut-price fee this summer, even though he has a £85m release clause for Premier League clubs to activate at the start of July.

It is noted that West Ham’s fears of breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability rules ‘could lead them to sell Kudus to Tottenham if they offer enough for the attacker’.

While West Ham ‘would prefer not to sell to Spurs given the enmity between the clubs’, they ‘are willing to be pragmatic’ to avoid punishment from the Premier League.

There is said to be ‘a feeling he will be available for less than his £85m release clause, which is applicable to Premier League sides for the first 10 days of July and while there is no asking price, £60m could be enough to get a deal done’ and to have a bid ‘accepted’.

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It could be one forward in and another out at Spurs, with Frank reportedly giving the ‘green light’ for Richarlison to leave this summer.

The Brazil international is said to be ‘set’ for an exit as he is primed to ‘reset his career abroad’.

The report adds:

‘Richarlison, who endured a frustrating season last term, is expected to head to Turkey and sign for Galatasaray.

‘They’ve also been chasing Victor Osimhen, but with that deal looking difficult to get over the line, their attention has now switched back to the Brazil international – who could be available for just £20million. Another option would be a loan deal – although Spurs are believed to prefer the idea of a permanent switch.’

According to reports, Arsenal’s hopes of signing Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze have been boosted as Tottenham Hotspur are eyeing an alternative.

Eze was one of the standout performers in the Premier League during the run-in as he finished the 2024/25 campaign with 25 goal involvements in all competitions.

The England international’s form has not gone unnoticed as he’s attracting interest from Crystal Palace’s Premier League rivals this summer.

Arsenal are among the clubs interested in Eze as they are in the market for a new winger, as they need appropriate competition for Brazil international Gabriel Martinelli.

Tottenham Hotspur initially appeared to be leading the race for Eze, but it has been claimed that Arsenal’s interest has ‘turned his head’ as he nears a summer exit.

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Eze could join Martin Zubimendi, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Christian Norgaard in joining Arsenal, who also remain in the market for a striker amid interest in Viktor Gyokeres, Benjamin Sesko, Ollie Watkins and Hugo Ekitike.

Spurs were initially intent on making Eze, who has a £68m release clause, their ‘statement’ signing of the summer, but they face missing to north London rivals Arsenal.

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that the Gunners have been in ‘contact’ over signing Eze in recent days.

Romano revealed: ‘Arsenal have made contact with Eberechi Eze’s camp over the weekend.

‘Contacts are taking place for Crystal Palace star with #AFC informed on deal conditions. Tottenham remain also keen on Eze.’

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Romano has also corroborated other outlets, suggesting Spurs are also in for West Ham forward Mohammaed Kudus, who reportedly has a £68m price tag.

The transfer guru claims Tottenham have a ‘genuine interest’ in Kudus, whose stance on a move to the Big Six club is a boost to them and Arsenal, with the latter potentially becoming even more likely to land Eze.

Romano said: ‘Tottenham have genuine interest in Mohammed Kudus and he’s high on the list for this summer, as @Matt_Law_DT reports.

‘Initial contacts took place with his new agents while there are more clubs also involved. Kudus, open to Spurs talks.’

However, former Premier League manager Alan Pardew has told Eze to snub Arsenal and join Spurs.

He said: “My Arsenal friends, all June (said) if they get the right number nine, they’ve got a great chance of winning the league and I do agree with that.

“Would Eze take them nearer to that title? Possibly but I think they’ve got enough quality with everybody there.

“So therefore, I have answered your question.”

Pardew continued: “I think he should go to Spurs if he leaves the great Crystal Palace.”

According to reports, Tottenham Hotspur are ‘one step away’ from losing Cristian Romero amid the ‘latest big offer’ from Atletico Madrid.

The 2024/25 campaign ended on a huge high for Spurs as they ended their trophy drought, winning the Europa League to secure Champions League.

However, this was not enough to save Ange Postecoglou’s job as Tottenham’s Premier League form was shambolic as they finished 17th.

Spurs endured a severe injury crisis, but this excuse did not justify the extremity of their decline as they dropped 12 places in the Premier League after finishing fifth in Postecoglou’s debut season.

Postecoglou often had to field a makeshift defence as he was without Romero and Micky van de Ven for most of the campaign due to muscle issues.

World Cup winner Romero struck up a great partnership with Van de Ven during the 2023/24 campaign, but their respective injury woes meant they barely played together in 24/25.

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Now, in a blow for new boss Thomas Frank, Spurs could be about to lose Romero amid interest from La Liga giants Atletico Madrid.

Diego Simeone’s side have been heavily linked with Romero in recent months and he could secure a huge move to Madrid ahead of next year’s World Cup.

You imagine Romero and Simeone would get on like a house on fire, with multiple outlets providing an update on Atletico Madrid’s interest.

Argentina’s DSports claim Romero is ‘getting closer’ to Atletico Madrid as his proposed move to the La Liga outfit is only ‘one step away’.

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This outlet claims Atletico are close to Tottenham’s 70 million euro asking price with a 55 million euros (plus ten million euros in add-ons) proposal, but Spanish outlet AS says they are currently unwilling to offer more than 55 million euros.

Another outlet in Spain, the ever-reliable Fichajes, claims Atletico Madrid have ‘decided to go all out’ for Romero and are closing in on a full agreement with their ‘latest big offer’.

Regarding the supposed details of this ‘offer’, the report adds:

‘The offer being finalized by the Madrid club includes an initial payment of €55 million, a significant figure that demonstrates the club’s belief in the center-back’s qualities. The agreement also includes up to €15 million in additional amounts depending on the player’s individual performance and the team’s collective goals. A serious proposal that could give Spurs pause, although Londoners are not convinced they will facilitate his departure.

‘Those close to the player are not adverse to a change of scenery, especially if the new destination guarantees a leading role in an ambitious project. The presence of fellow countrymen in the Atlético dressing room and the figure of Simeone as a key figure could be key factors in tipping the balance.’